Car-rail hose-bridge.



PATENTED APR. 1 O

J. S. HEATON.

CAR RAIL HOSE BRIDGE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.24. 1905.

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ATTORNEYS UNTTED STATE-S PA'rENr oriuon JOHN S. HEATON, OF SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO HARRY MOCREIGHT AND ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES Mo- AFEE LEVIS, OF SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CAR-RAIL HOSE-BRIDGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN S. HEATON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Car-Rail Hose-Bridge, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for bridging over re-hose or the like on a car-track, so that movements of cars will not be interfered with during the progress of a lire, the object being to provide a hose-bridge of novel construction that may be readily put in position and firmly anchored to prevent either lateral or lengthwise movement.

I will describe a car-rail hose-bridge embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan showing hose-bridges embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line :t :t of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing an end anchor employed.

It may be here stated that the bridge is designed particularly for use in connection with tracks the surfaces of which are on a level with the street or track-bed. The bridge comprises a base-rail l, having its under side conformed to the upper surface of the track, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3, and mounted on the base l is an arched rail 2, over which the wheels of the car pass. At the center the base-bar l and the arched rail are connected by uprights 3, between which the hose is designed to pass, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2. This space between the uprights 3 opens outward through the rail 2, and this opening when the device is in use is closed by a track-section 4, which is hinged at one end to the track 2 over one of the uprights 3 and overlaps a portion of the rail 2 over the other upright 3. Of course when this track-section is closed its upper surface will be on a plane with the body of the track 2.

Arranged adjustably over the base-bar l are anchoring devices to prevent lateral swinging movement of the bridge. These devices consist of bars 5, designed to engage with the street or similar surface when turned transversely of the bridge, and to assure a firm hold of the bars 5 against the street-surface the under sides thereof are serrated, as indicated at 6. The bars 5 are provided at their center with openings 7 designed to pass over the base-bar 1, and the upper wall of these openings is provided with a perforation through which a screw-rod 8 passes, the said screw-rod being secured at its upper end to the track 2 and at its lower end to the basebar 1, and operating on the screw is an adjusting-nut 9, which bears upon the upper surface of the anchoring-bar 5.

lVhen in use, the anchoring-bars are to be turned at right angles to the bridge, as indicated at the right-hand end of Fig. 2, and permitted to drop downward upon the streetsurface, and they may be readily adjusted and held in position by screwing the nuts 9 down upon the bars. When -the bridge is not in use, the anchoring devices 5 may be turned lengthwise upon the base-bar 1, as indicated at the left-hand end of Fig. 2.

On the ends of the bridge are verticallyswinging points or members 10, the upper sides of which. are inclined downward and outward, so that when upon the track the ends of the points will be practically flush with the upper surfaces of the track. Carried by these members l0 are anchoring devices consisting of teeth 1l, designed to be forced into the ground or street surface at opposite sides of the track-rails. Of course a bridge will be used in connection with each rail, and the opposite bridges may be secured together by tie-rods l2. When the bridge is first placed upon a track and as the anchoring devices 11 will rest upon the surface of the ground or street, the ends of the points 10 will be somewhat elevated, as indicated in Fig. 4. As the car-wheels, however, pass upon the points they will be forced downward, thrusting the anchoring devices 11 into the ground, street, pavement, or the like, and as the car proceeds over the bridge the serrations on the anchoring devices 5 will also be forced into the street or other surface. This bridge device may be made comparatively light, and therefore readily carried by a car ready for instant use, and while I have TOO indicated the opening for the hose only sufficiently large for a single hose it is obvious that it may be made to accommodate a plurality of hose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A ear-rail hose-bridge comprising a base-bar conformed at its under side to the upper surface of a track-rail, an arched rail mounted on the base-har, uprights extended from the base-bar to said Aarched rail and spaced apart to form a passagevay for hose, a swinging rail-section for Closing the outward opening of said space, points mounted to swing on the ends of the bridge, and anchoring-teeth carried by said points for engaging in a street-surface or the like, at opposite sides of the track-rail.

2. A car-rail hose-bridge comprising a base-bar adapted to rest upon a railway-rail, an arched rail mounted on said bar and havermee ing an opening to receive a hose, anehoring devices consisting of bars movable to a position transversely of the bridge and having recesses to receive said base-bar, the top Wall of the recesses being perforated, screwrods extending through said perforations and connecting With the base-bar and the arched rail, and adjusting-nuts on said screwrods.

3. A car-rail hose-bridge comprising a base-bar, an arched rail thereon, and anchoring-bars movable to a position at right angles to the base-bar, and movable to a position parallel with the base-bar.

In testimony whereof` I have signed my name to this speeiiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN S. HEATON.

Witnesses:

S. H. KNOX, A. W. PROCTOR, Jr. 

